According to a shared video, on the first day of the Ram Mandir in “Ayodhya Dham,” the donation box was filled with banknotes within half a day. The video shows people withdrawing money out of it.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @GenZDataverse tweeted “The donation box was filled with banknotes within half a day on the very first day in Ram Temple in “Ayodhya Dham.” ₹3 cr 17 lakh was the collection today. This is called TEMPLE ECONOMY. How many schools and hospitals can be built?” on Jan 24, 2024.
The donation box was filled with banknotes within half a day on the very first day in Ram Temple in “Ayodhya Dham.”
— Logical GenZ (@GenZDataverse) January 24, 2024
₹3 cr 17 lakh was the collection today. This is called TEMPLE ECONOMY.
How many schools and hospitals can be built? pic.twitter.com/BmBTVy0VUM
Several other accounts, including Manisha (“@ReclaimGlory“), keshaboina sridhar (“@keshaboinasri“) also made the same claim that on the first day of the RamMandir in “Ayodhya Dham,” a video has gone viral of people taking money out of a donation box, and it says the box was filled with banknotes within half a day. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The same video, which was posted on January 16, 2024, prior to Shri Ram’s Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya, was discovered on Instagram. This video is from the Shri Sanwaliya Seth temple in Rajasthan, according to the Instagram account. It has nothing to do with Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing people withdrawing money from a donation box has been shared, claiming that it was filled with banknotes within half a day on the first day of #RamMandir in “Ayodhya Dham.” We found the same video on Instagram, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/bDZRMWdDIQ
Intent:
Influencers are circulating unrelated videos from a well-known Rajasthan Temple claiming to be from Ayodhya to get the spotlight on social media. A video showing people withdrawing money from a donation box has been shared, claiming that it was filled with banknotes within half a day on the first day of Ram Mandir in “Ayodhya Dham”. We discovered the same video on Instagram, which was posted on January 16, 2024, prior to Shri Ram’s Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya. According to the Instagram account, this footage was taken at the Shri Sanwaliya Seth temple in Rajasthan. It is not related to the Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video of people withdrawing money from a donation box has been circulated, claiming that it was filled with banknotes in half a day on the first day of Ram Mandir in “Ayodhya Dham.”
Fact : We found the same video on Instagram, which was uploaded on 16th January 2024 before the Pran Pratishtha of Shri Ram in Ayodhya. As per the Instagram account, this video is from Shri Sanwaliya Seth temple, Rajasthan. Nothing to do with the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
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